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Ransomware

 Ransomware is malware that demands that a ransom

be paid to some criminal in exchange for the infected

party not suffering some harm.

 Ransomware often encrypts user files and threatens to

delete the encryption key if a ransom isn’t paid within

some relatively short period of time, but other forms of

ransomware involve a criminal actually stealing user

data and threatening to publish it online if a ransom is

not paid.